Weekend Roundup: April 3-6
• April 3, 2025

Happy April! There are lots of events and activities to choose from this weekend, including lots of chamber music, a new exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and […]

April All That Jazz, Georgetown
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By Mark Edelman Ella Fitzgerald crooned that April (the one in Paris, at least) has “a feeling that no one can ever reprise.” With the cherry blossoms reprising their annual […]

Works by Chekhov, Medtner and Other Russians
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Ivan Petrovich Voinitsky is having a moment. Steve Carell took him on last spring in a Lincoln Center Theater production directed by Lila Neugebauer. In Greenwich Village at the Lucille […]

PCE Serves Up a Nino Rota Antipasto
• March 24, 2025

A few well-known composers wrote film music, especially in the 1930s. Examples: Prokofiev’s score for “Alexander Nevsky,” Milhaud’s for “Madame Bovary,” Copland’s for “Of Mice and Men.” Conversely, film-score specialists […]

Weekend Roundup: March 20-23
• March 20, 2025

Happy Spring! We’ve got lots going on this weekend, including performances at Wolf Trap, Strathmore and the Environmental Film Festival. Grab the last few reservations for the Jacques Pépin Foundation […]

Playwright Karen Zacarías: ‘Age of Innocence’ Speaks to Today’s Gilded Age
• March 19, 2025

Award-winning playwright and D.C. resident, Karen Zacarías, wondered why there wasn’t a successful adaptation of Edith Wharton’s book, “The Age of Innocence.” So, this talented  playwright accepted the challenge to […]

‘The Age of Innocence’ at Arena Stage
• March 13, 2025

Even if you haven’t read the novel, you’ve probably seen Martin Scorsese’s exquisite and respectful 1993 film, starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder. Need I say more? Now […]

Weekend Roundup: March 13-16
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Things are busy this weekend with the arrival of spring and warmer weather. Celebrate all things Irish with St. Patrick’s Day events, take in beautiful choral music, visit the Kennedy […]

Rarely Performed Choral Masterpieces, March 16
• March 6, 2025

In WalletHub’s new ranking of the most hard-working cities in the country, Anchorage, Alaska, made a four-rung leap into the top spot, knocking out Washington, D.C. Nonetheless, second place is […]

‘The Bedwetter’ a Humorous, Relatable Time
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Comedian Sarah Silverman’s musical “The Bedwetter” currently playing at the Arena Stage takes one back in time to when Silverman was 10 years old, and a bedwetter! One never knew […]